This-essay is a7909221.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %EMOTIONALIZATION VS RATIONALIZATION 790922 Jack is rationally oriented and Jill is emotionally oriented. Jack rationalizes his behavior which originates in emotional motivation. Jill emotionalizes her behavior which originates in rational motivation. Neither Jack nor Jill has the integrity to be open about the motivation which occasions their personal behavior. Each tries to make their behavior appear appropriate by reference to their primary orientation---even when their primary orientation does not occasion their behavior. Because they do not have balanced respect for complementary orientations they misrepresent their behavior which originates in that aspect of their being which they do not fully respect. When Jack's emotions and need for affection occasion personal behavior on his part he engages in sophisticated rationalizations which are designed to make his behavior appear logical, productive, efficient, calculated, etc. When Jill's intellectual and logical considerations occasion systematic behavior on her part she obscures the origin of that behavior by emotional displays which ostensibly accounts for the behavior as originating in deep personal desires, needs, emotions, instincts, intuitions, and passions. Jack can not understand Jill's motivations because they are misrepresented. Jill can not understand Jack's motivations because they are misrepresented. Jack tries to make his behavior appear appropriate in terms of that which Jill does not respect, even when his behavior is occasioned by that which Jill does respect. Jill tries to make her behavior appear appropriate in terms of that which Jack does not respect, even when her behavior is occasioned by that which Jack does respect. Jack and Jill's exclusive values and lack of balance block the possibility of mutual awareness and mutual understanding. They are not free to reveal themselves openly to each other because they do not value complementary values, having specialized to such an extent that they can not be in meaningful dialogue which each other. No amount of emotionalization and rationalization will help them understand each other, no matter how sophisticated they become in their efforts. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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